Fruits
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Tangerine Harvest Time: When Are Tangerines Ready To Pick
People who love oranges but don't live in a warm enough region to have their own grove often opt to grow tangerines. The question is, when are tangerines ready to pick? Click here to find out when to harvest tangerines in the home garden.
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Dragon’s Eye Plant Info: Tips On Growing Dragon’s Eye Plants
If you are a gardener who is interested in unique plant specimens and has an adventurous palate, the dragon's eye tree may be of interest. This fruiting tree is a less sweet substitute for the infamous lychee nut. Learn more in this article.
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Powdery Mildew Control – Tips On Treating Powdery Mildew On Avocados
As with any fruit tree, there are avocado pests and diseases that may strike and either kill or limit the harvest. Avocado powdery mildew is a fungus that is not uncommon, but also not too serious and easy to treat and manage. Learn more about it in this article.
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Soggy Breakdown Disorder – What Causes Soggy Apple Breakdown
Brown spots inside apples can have many causes, including fungal or bacterial growth, insect feeding, or physical damage. But, if apples in cold storage develop a ring-shaped brown area under the skin, the culprit might be soggy breakdown disorder. Learn more here.
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Fig Tree Borer Treatment: Learn How To Manage Fig Borers
Figs are great landscape trees, but they're not problem-free. One of their worst pests is the fig tree borer, a long-horned beetle that can cause a lot of havoc in almost no time. Learn more about this insect and how to manage it in the garden by clicking this article.
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What Is Apple Blotch Fungus: Tips For Treating Apple Tree Fungus
Apples from your own tree are one of the greatest rewards your garden can provide. But what do you do if your apples look a little less magnificent than the ones at the market? There are several treatments for apple blotch fungus disease; click here to learn more.
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Harvesting Juneberries: How And When To Pick Juneberries
Juneberries, also known as serviceberries, produce an abundance of edible berries. But what do you do with all that fruit? Click here to learn more about how and when to harvest juneberries, and how to use juneberries in the kitchen.
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Lime Tree Leaf Curl: What Causes Curling Leaves On Lime Trees
Your lime leaves are curling and you have no idea where to start treating them. Have no fear, there are many innocent causes of leaf curl on lime trees. Learn what to look for and how to handle common lime tree leaf curl problems in this article.
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Caring For Purple Leaf Peach Trees – Tips On Growing A Purple Leaf Peach Tree
Not all peach trees have the typical green foliage. There are actually peaches with reddish-purple leaves that tend to be on the smaller side, thus more easily harvested. These dwarf purple leaf peach trees add pizzazz to any landscape. Learn more in this article.
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Tips For Improving Grape Fruit By Thinning Grapes
The home gardener can get the largest crop from thinning grapes. The information in this article can help explain how to thin grapes to get the most out of your harvest. Click here to learn more.
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Fruit Thinning In Citrus: Why Should You Thin Citrus Trees
Thinning fruit on citrus trees is a technique intended to produce better fruit. After thinning citrus fruits, each of the fruits that remain gets more water, nutrients, and elbow room. If you want to know how to thin citrus tree fruit, this article will help.
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Supporting A Grapevine – How To Make A Grapevine Support
Grapevines can be allowed to climb up an existing fence, but if you don't have one, another method of support must be found.
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What Is Apple Cork Spot: Learn About Treating Apple Cork Spot
Your apples are ready to harvest but you notice that many of them have small depressions to larger corky, discolored areas on the surface of the fruit. Don't panic, the apples are still edible they just have apple cork spot disease. Learn more in this article.
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Harvesting Gooseberries: How And When To Harvest Gooseberry Plants
Gooseberries are cool-weather berries that can be eaten fresh or turned into delicious jams or jellies. All is well and good, but how do you know when to harvest gooseberries? Click this article to find out when and how to harvest gooseberries.
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Bilberry Plant Information: Learn About Bilberry Cultivation And Care
No, bilberry is not a character in Lord of the Rings. So what is a bilberry? It's a native shrub that produces round, blue berries that look like blueberries. However, wild bilberries have far more nutrients than cultivated blueberries. Learn more in this article.
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Red Raspberry Herbal Use – How To Harvest Raspberry Leaf For Tea
Raspberry plants have many uses. For instance, the leaves are often used to make herbal raspberry leaf tea. Both the fruit and leaves of red raspberry have several herbal uses that date back centuries. Find out how to harvest raspberry leaf for tea in this article.
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Cutting Back Gooseberry Bushes – How And When To Prune Gooseberries
Gooseberry bushes can become tangled and unhealthy without pruning. The question is how to prune a gooseberry bush. Check out the article that follows to find out how and when to prune gooseberries in the garden. Click here to learn more.
